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Psalm 88:16-18
New English Translation

16 Your anger overwhelms me;[a]
your terrors destroy me.
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they join forces and encircle me.[b]
18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;[c]
those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:16 tn Heb “passes over me.”
  2. Psalm 88:17 tn Heb “they encircle me together.”
  3. Psalm 88:18 tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”
  4. Psalm 88:18 tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”
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Psalm 88:16-18
New International Version

16 Your wrath(A) has swept over me;
    your terrors(B) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(C)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(D) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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